A seven-year veteran of the Fire, Curtin missed a large part of the 2007 season with a broken foot but he is expected to join Chivas USA and give the Goats a veteran back-up to central defenders Claudio Suarez and Shavar Thomas.

Curtin played 151 games for the Fire after being drafted out of Villanova in 2001, but played in just 22 games over the past two seasons due to injuries and a loss of form.

Chicago is not done wheeling and deal. The Fire is also expected to trade for a forward in a deal that should be announced shortly.

What do you think of the deal? Sad to see Curtin leave Chicago? Happy to see him joining Chivas USA? Share your thoughts below.

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Sorry to see Jim go…..my gut feels that this is his bounce back year. The Fire will not be the same…Jimmy gave the team heart. He always had time for the fans, especially the kids. Curtin has never lost his boyish enthusiasm for the game and Chicago is missing out on his winning year.

As a long time fan I am sorry to see Jimmy go…but I must admit that at the end of the last season or two I’ve turned to my son and said, “Say good-bye to Curtin. He’s gone next year.” He lasted longer than I thought he would. He gave us his best and I wish him well.

Agreed all around. Curtin is a great guy, but probably not worth 120K to the fire, who are pretty strong at central defense this year with Conde and Brown. We do need some good up-and-coming talent at that postition though since Brown probably only has 1-2 years left and Conde will probably be in Europe before too long, but Curtin isn’t it. Hopefully he will do well in LA.
Now with our huge amounts of cap space (that’s 160K for Guererro, 225K for Armas, 240K for Wanchope, and 120K for curtin = 745K) we should have plenty of space for some quality guys. Or hey, that’s almost 2 DPs 🙂

Sad to see Curtain go, he played his arse off while with the FIRE, however we have so much $$$ now a big time forward has got to be signed anyday now!

To Chivas fans, Jimmy will help your back line, he will not hesitate to challenge an attacker and usually wins the challenge. He also wins lots of balls in the air. The only knock is lack of pace and he has been injury prone the last 2 years. He does have suprisingly good ball handeling skill. This deal should work out well for both teams.

I’m with you, Mike. If the Fire got anything for Curtin I’ll turn cartwheels. He was never quick, but injuries have slowed him down considerably. He does still throw his body around, when he can actually find his way onto the pitch, but he does so aimlessly.

He’s had a good career and maybe he can reserrect it with Chivas. THere certainly was no opportunity to do that with the Fire. $120K off the books is fantastic.

Curtin is a pretty good defender, he’s not the best but when he is out there he does throw himself about with complete disregard to try and cover his opponent, and he’s pretty big so he has a lot to throw around. I wouldn’t mind the trade if it seemed like we were really getting something back in return

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